Means for securing the magazines of repeating pistols.



PATENTED JULY 9. 1907.

N. PIEPBR. MEANS FOR SECURING THE MAGAZINES 0F REPBATING PISTOLS.

APPLIUATION FILED DBO.28,1906.

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NICOLAS PIEPER, or LIEGE, BELGIUM.

MEANS FOR SECURING .THE MAGAZINES OF REPEATING- PISTOLS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 9, 1907.

Application filed December 28, 1906. Serial No. 349.912.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, NICOLAS Pmrniz, a subject of the King of Belgium,residing at Liege, Belgium, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Means for Securing the Magazines of Repeating Pis tols;and I do hereby declare the following to be a clear, full, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The present invention relates to means for securing the magazines in thehandles of repeating pistols, and particularly of automatic pistols, inwhich the retaining part is constituted by a spring, which directlyengages in a recess provided in the magazine. The accompanying drawingrepresents such retaining means.

Figure 1 is a partsection of the lower portion of the handle of apistol; Fig. 2 is a transverse section on A-B (Fig. 1); Fig. 3 is asimilar section to Fig. 1 but in which the retaining part is disengagedfrom the magazine.

A spring a fixed to the body or handle I) in a suitable manner, exertspressure against the rear wall of maga- This spring a, of which thelower end is slightly curved backwards. has a projection or heel d whichcan engage in the recess e of magazine 0 when the latter is placed inposition. This spring a with its projection (1 forms the magazineretaining means for keeping this latter in the handle (Fig. 1). Thedisengagement of this retaining partis effected by the aid of apushlever f which is pivoted at o and is of a U-forin. One of thebranches f of this lever engages under the lower extremity of the springcatch a, while the second branch r projects through the rear'face of thehandle b. The crossbranch of lever fr is adapted to abut against the endof an extension h of the lower part of magazine 0. Thus, when themagazine is required to be disengaged and withdrawn from the handle, allthat is necessary is to press the branch f to turn round the axis 0, andthe projection d to leave the recess 6. At the same time, thecross-branch of lever f presses on the extension h of magazine 0 andforces this latter out of the handle I), so that it can be readily takenhold of by the hand. By reason of the initial curvature given to springa, its length can easily be determined,

when fixing, Without being. necessary to give specialadjustment to thisarrangement of catch.

In consequence of shocks and compression of the gas produced during thefiring, the rigid falling-latch retaining means generally employed up tothe present have to have a certain amount of play; the resultingrelative displacement of the different parts has the effect of renderingthe holding uncertain and it frequently happens that the magazinebecomes detached and falls during the firing. This defect is obviated bythe elasticity which the retaining spring a possesses, and which permitsof it following slight alterations which are produced in the relativeposition of the different parts before put into place one with another.The projection d of spring a can also be formed by a suitable bent partof this latter.

Having fully described my invention, what I desire to claim and secureby Letters Patent is:

1. In a firearm of the class described, the combination with a frame orholder, a removable magazine adapted to slide in said frame, and .aresilient catch mounted in said frame or holder and adapted to engagethe magazine and hold the same therein, of alever fulcrumed in saidholder and adapted to sin1ultaneously disengage said catch from themagazine and engage the latter to positively force the same from theframe or holder, substantially as described 2. In a firearm of the classdescribed, the combination of a suitable frame or holder, a magazine, ayielding latch carried by the holder and adapted to engage the magazineto hold the same in position within the holder, a lever fulcrumed in theholder and having its inner end engaging said catch whereby the latterwill be disengaged from the magazine as the lever is rocked, and an armprojecting from the magazine into position to be engaged by said lever,whereby as the latter is turned to release the catch it also operates topositively move the magazine from the holder, substantially asdescribed.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

NICOLAS PIEPER.

Witnesses JOHN Gnoss, G. SAUYENAY.

